Crows Nest Fire
198562,760 acresIdaho
The Crows Nest Fire burned 62,760 acres, about 98 square miles, across Owyhee County. It began on July 6, 1985.
Watch how it happenedCrows Nest Fire · 1985
How it happened
See how severely each place burned, revealed outward from where it started.
How severely it burned
Burn severity inside the final perimeter, classified from Landsat images taken before and after the fire.
| Severity | Share | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| Lowsurface fire, most trees survive | 80% | 50,232 |
| Unburned to lowislands inside the perimeter, little change | 20% | 12,522 |
Most of the area inside the perimeter burned at low severity or not at all.
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (U.S. Geological Survey and USDA Forest Service). Classes come from the change in a Landsat burn index (dNBR) between images before and after the fire; acres are each class’s share of the fire’s mapped area.
Where it burned
Acres inside each county, measured from the satellite-mapped perimeter.
| Owyhee County | ID | 62,779 |
Other large fires in Idaho in 1985
- Butte Fire28,560 acres
- Garat 1 Fire26,189 acres
Monitoring Trends in Burn Severity (USGS and U.S. Forest Service). Type recorded: Wildfire.